THE AUSTRALIAN

ACROSS 1 Invasive succulent controlled by the Cactoblastis moth (7,5) 10 Merchant bank that collapsed in 1980, … Hand (5) 11 2010 Eric Bana movie with Rachel McAdams, TheTime…Wife (9) 12 Resin-exuding rainforest tree (10) 13 Sydney’s KB Lager, named after … Brewery (4) 15 Chrissy Amphlett’s Pleasure&Pain band (8) 17 Ex- Sunrise showbiz editor, … Aspen (6) 19 Snowy tributary, … Buggan (6) 20 Henry Handel Richardson novel,

The… of Richard Ma honey (8) 23 Former inscription on government mail (1,1,1,1) 24 Kylie Gillies’ MorningShow co-host (5,5) 27 WA town, on the Great Southern Railway to Albany (9) 28 1974 OhBoy! singer, Diana … (5) 29 Rachel Griffiths’ HBO series, set in a funeral home (3,4,5) DOWN 2 Ex- ThisisYourLife host, … Climpson (5) 3 2.2 sq km Sydney park dedicated in 1888 (10) 4 Afferbeck Lauder’s book on Australian speech, ……Strine (3,5) 5 Dubbo zoo, Western … (6) 6 Jocular remedy, ‘A cup of tea, … …, and a good lie down’ (4) 7 Nicole Livingstone’s cyclist ex-husband, Clayton … (9) 8 Makers of Foster’s, Carlton & … Breweries (6) 9 Granny Bishop in BlueHills, Queenie … (6) 14 Don Lane’s sidekick and GMA host (4,6) 16 1950s jingle: ‘Happy Little …’ (9) 18 Definitely (coll) (3,5) 19 Underhand, unreliable (coll) (6) 21 SA state bird, piping … (6) 22 SBS newsreader, … Petersen (6) 25 Governor General after Bill Hayden, Sir William … (5) 26 Melbourne city council that includes Wantirna (4)